This week we partied hard. We celebrated the equinox with avocado shakes. We taught 31 lessons. We found some new investigators.
Monday: We rode the bamboo train!
VIDEO -- https://youtu.be/Z2gZbHjbi6M
We had family home evening with our former Branch President. We played a game where everyone has to go around and say one fruit and you can’t repeat. The catch is that you can’t show your teeth at all!!!!!! wow. If you lose then you get smacked in the face by a handful of baby powder.
Tuesday: A member needed some help moving dirt to make a new room in his house. So all 10 of the missionaries in Battambang went to his house and helped shovel and carry dirt buckets for a few hours. And then they fed us mangoes and apples and deep fried breaded bananas.
Wednesday: We celebrated the equinox. Even though it wasn’t actually the equinox we just needed something to celebrate. So we taught some lessons and got avocado shakes and taught English class.
Thursday: We made a super good khmae dish call khaa. You take palm sugar and cook it until it’s all candied and then cook pork belly in it and then add water and let the water simmer down on low heat for 3 hours. We also put hard boiled eggs in it to cook in the flavor and then we added bok choi at the end. It was magical.
Friday: I went on exchange with my former companion Elder Olson!!!!!!!!!!!! It was a beautiful reunion. And it felt like an eternal reunion because it was a really long day!!!! So fun. I am very thankful for all of my companions and I'm thankful that I'm friends with all of them!!!
Saturday: We went to a place called Aek Phnom to contact. It is a 30 minute bike ride out. It was really cool. Some way old ruins.
Then we had some good lessons with our investigator. The lady on the left is Koy.
Sunday: We rode our bikes up to the church and our branch presidency was outside talking about how they had nobody to speak in Sacrament meeting. So me, another sister, and Sister Spencer (our senior couple) were assigned on the spot to talk about Christ on Easter. It went pretty alright. I shared about the fall of Adam and Eve and then the Atonement and especially the Resurrection. I said that I know I will be able to meet my grandpa one day and that everyone else will meet their ancestors again. I love Easter. A couple of our less active members showed up too!
Including Bong Ra!!!
Including Bong Ra!!!
Then we gave Alex a blessing because he’s been puking a bunch!!!
That was my week! Thanks so much! Love you!
Swaggy Old Dude:
Love,
Elder Osborne